Triple

T2995329
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Shield E81051 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object David Rees Snell
David Rees Snell is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Ronnie Gardocki on the crime drama television series "The Shield."
E315716 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: David Rees Snell | Statement: [The Shield, portrayedBy, David Rees Snell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Rees Snell
Context triple: [The Shield, portrayedBy, David Rees Snell]
  • A. Jason Grote
    Jason Grote is an American playwright and television writer known for his work on series such as "Mad Men."
  • B. Kyle Budwell
    Kyle Budwell is a desperate working-class man who takes a financial TV host hostage on live television after losing his savings to a bad stock tip in the film "Money Monster."
  • C. Bryan Harper
    Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
  • D. Evan Hayes
    Evan Hayes is a film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning climbing documentary "Free Solo."
  • E. J.D. Drew
    J.D. Drew is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder known for his smooth left-handed swing, plate discipline, and key postseason performances, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: David Rees Snell
Triple: [The Shield, portrayedBy, David Rees Snell]
Generated description
David Rees Snell is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Ronnie Gardocki on the crime drama television series "The Shield."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Rees Snell
Target entity description: David Rees Snell is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Ronnie Gardocki on the crime drama television series "The Shield."
  • A. Jason Grote
    Jason Grote is an American playwright and television writer known for his work on series such as "Mad Men."
  • B. Kyle Budwell
    Kyle Budwell is a desperate working-class man who takes a financial TV host hostage on live television after losing his savings to a bad stock tip in the film "Money Monster."
  • C. Bryan Harper
    Bryan Harper is an American former professional baseball player and the older brother of MLB star Bryce Harper.
  • D. Evan Hayes
    Evan Hayes is a film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning climbing documentary "Free Solo."
  • E. J.D. Drew
    J.D. Drew is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder known for his smooth left-handed swing, plate discipline, and key postseason performances, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Boston Red Sox.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f2e5888190b3346012e2578dab completed March 8, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b10908cfe48190bf244d5a3dbc958b completed March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b10ab5e3488190b2d8c98dd296cbe5 completed March 11, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b10b1664f081909b521ee8dd5954f9 completed March 11, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.